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It is a msconception to think that prosperity can only be maintained with ever increasing population growth. The fertility rate in developed countries is so low that most developed countries rely on immigration to achieve population growth. If developed countries let their population go into gradual decline they could adopt an affirmative recycling policy to keep real estate values rising. Rural and residential properties are reclaimed for more than market value and reverted to wilderness. The owners of properties reclaimed can then buy another property elsewhere. By this means the economy can be continually artificially stimulated.

Also with a buoyant economy and declining population the point will be reached where there are more jobs available than there are people to fill them. This is zero unemployment. Wages and salaries will continually rise according to the law of supply and demand. By adopting affirmative recycling policy with declining population it is possible to achieve an ever-escalating curve of prosperity for everyone.